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Thoughts on child birth: before and after?

What did you think about child birth or what you thought it would be like before baby was born (either during or before pregnancy) and what are your thoughts on child birth now that you've been-there-done-that??

I thought it was going to be horrifyingly painful and my vagina was never going to be the same again. There was pain, but I didn't think it was that bad and my DH actually was the one that requested the epidural. Even with an emergency c-section, I still didn't think it was all that bad...and my vagina is perfectly back to normal pre-baby.

I knew there would be pain, but I did not expect to be induced early, to have it fial, and to require a c-section. Letting the doc scare me into an induction was the worst mistake and one I will not be repeating.

I thought it was going to be the worst thing ever! The contractions were awful, for the 2 hours I felt them. Once I had the epidural it was smooth sailing. I didn't feel anything from the chest down until my son had already had his first bath and I was eating my first meal in 24 hours.

I thought it would be scary, painful and all around unpleasant....and that's exactly what I found it to be. Both times. I'm happy to be done having children. I LOVE my kids, I love the result of childbirth; getting to hold them in my arms and watch them grow...but the actual process was not enjoyable for me at all.

I think child birth is over rated and way more painful then I thought. Now that I have had a baby I don't want to ever do it again, but I will be next month lol. After this I am freaking done. And to add because of the pp My vag has not gone back to normal due to the way they cut me, I am in constant pain still because of nerve damage that the dr said can't be fixed....

I thought it was going to be the worst pain I had ever been in. I was wrong. I was 41 weeks 4 days when I went to l&d for my stress test. I was having contractions every 3-5 minutes that I didn't even feel so they decided to induce. They started with a pill that didn't do a damn thing. Then they started me on pitocin. But it made baby's heart rate drop so they stopped it. I then started dilating like crazy. And after 24 hours and 40 minutes of pushing my beautiful boy was born.
I did get an epidural because of the crazy pain in my hips that almost had me in tears. Bit I did end up laugoing while pushing because of some funny stuff my SO had said.

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